Update to LMIA Hourly Wage Thresholds

Validated finding · five-country-2010-20260922-v118-evidence-presentation-fix

CountryCanada

Operative dateJuly 17, 2026

CategoryLabor Market Impact Assessment / Work Permits

Policy toolOperational Guidance / Wage Threshold Update

Affected groupEmployers applying for Labour Market Impact Assessments (LMIAs) under the Temporary Foreign Worker Program and prospective temporary foreign workers

Policy effect

ESDC has updated the provincial and territorial hourly wage thresholds for the Temporary Foreign Worker Program, which determines the classification of applications between the High-Wage and Low-Wage streams.

Conditions and exceptions

Thresholds are determined per province/territory; wages at or above the threshold fall under the high-wage stream, whereas wages below fall under the low-wage stream.

Official source excerpt

Quoted verbatim from the official source below. Ellipses indicate omitted text.

Hourly wage threshold by province or territory Province/territory For LMIAs received between June 27, 2025, and July 16, 2026 For LMIAs received as of July 17, 2026 …

Employment and Social Development CanadaEmployment and Social Development Canada, 'Hire a temporary foreign worker in a high-wage or low-wage position', Hourly wage threshold by province or territory tableOpen official source

Retrieved from https://canada.ca/en/employment-social-development/services/foreign-workers/median-wage.html

Review method

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Update to LMIA Hourly Wage Thresholds

Policy effect

Conditions and exceptions

Official source excerpt

Review method

Other Canada changes operative in 2026